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| -rw-r--r-- | DOCS/xml/en/usage.xml | 12 |
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diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/usage.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/usage.xml index d457b0913a..fe7aa32689 100644 --- a/DOCS/xml/en/usage.xml +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/usage.xml @@ -352,9 +352,8 @@ uses, like automatically skipping over commercials in video files you watch. </para> <para> -The EDL file format is pretty bare-bones. Once the EDL system has reached a -certain level of maturity, an XML-based file format will probably be implemented -(keeping backwards compatibility with previous EDL formats). +The EDL file format is pretty bare-bones. Each line on the file dictates what +to do (skip/mute) and when to do it (using pts in seconds). </para> <sect2 id="edl_using"> @@ -388,9 +387,10 @@ reaches the times given in the file. <para> To create an EDL file to work from, use the <option>-edlout <filename></option> -flag. During playback, when you want to mark the previous two seconds to skip over, -hit <keycap>i</keycap>. A corresponding entry will be written to the file for -that time. You can then go back and fine-tune the generated EDL file. +flag. During playback, just hit <keycap>i</keycap> to mark the beginning and +end of a skip block. A corresponding entry will be written to the file for +that time. You can then go back and fine-tune the generated EDL file as well as +change the default operation which is to skip the block described by each line. </para> </sect2> |